STATIONARY TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION RESTORED IN CENTER OF YEREVAN
ARKA News Agency
Aug 20 2007
Armenia
YEREVAN, August 20. /ARKA/. The stationary telephone communication in
the center of Yerevan damaged due to interruptions in energy supply
has been restored, the Press Service of ArmenTel Company reported.
On August 20 at 3:15pm local time the "Fifth" automatic switching
center of ArmenTel was found in "restart" mode due to voltage
oscillations. As a result, some of the numbers of stationary telephone
communication of the Armenian capital were disconnected.
"Restart" mode was completed at 4:20pm and the communication of the
disconnected numbers was restored, ArmenTel’s Press Service reported.
ArmenTel apologizes for the inconvenience caused to its subscribers.
ArmenTel CJSC holds the monopoly in the stationary telephone
communication and is one of the two mobile communication operators in
Armenia. 100% of the company’s shares are owned by Russian Vimpelkom
(Bi Line trademark). By the end of 2006, the company had 608,500
users of stationary communication and 452,000 mobile subscribers.